Milestones
MS-003
The Hundredth Piece Was Registered by Someone Who Did Not Buy It
Second owner, first registration
Milestone
Reached
Registration one hundred came from a second owner registering a piece the first owner never had. The milestone the studio had been counting toward was reached from an unexpected direction.
What Was Reached
One hundred registered pieces.
Who Reached It
Someone who bought the piece second-hand, found the number stamped inside it, and looked it up without knowing there was anything to find.
Why It Matters More Than the Number
The whole argument for the register is that it should still work for the second owner, and the third. Until this registration, that argument had never been tested by anyone who was not sold the idea along with the object.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Registration | 100 |
| Owner | Second |
| Piece first sold | Before the register existed |
| Prompted by | Nothing. They found the number themselves |
The studio counted to one hundred for months and the hundredth arrived from a direction nobody was watching. That is the useful part, and it is not the number.
Milestone
- Target
- One hundred registrations.
- Reached
- Yes.
- By
- A second owner, unprompted.
- Notable
- The piece predates the register.